EDUC247 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Gross National Product, Soup Kitchen, Sparknotes
16 May 2016
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The 1930"s: the scope of the depression, the effects on schools and colleges, the new deal, recreation. In central park, a family lived in a cave because they were evicted from their house. Shacks were made from people who were unable to pay rent. People malnourished and skipped visits to dentist and doctors: public housing scarce, soup kitchen is offered, safety net was small, people turned to relatives to live with. The effects on schools and colleges: economically, it meant that there was less money for schools. Some teachers were paid in iou"s in the chicago district: pain was worst in rural and southern districts, as there wasn"t much industry and significance in it. Many schools in those areas were closed. a. i. Oklahoma said no new textbooks, and every textbook had to be used for: money dries up enrollments do not. Many would get jobs at 15/16 but since out of work went to school instead. a. ii.
